Lost in the Moment Trees I loved the wide stretch

I loved the wide stretch of the moment and the play of reds and greens throughout the subject

this constant is a MapCo gas station near my home in Knoxville

I painted this on location in East Tennessee from the back of my truck

just moments from I-81

Lost in the Moment Trees I loved the wide stretchLate October sunlight and peak fall foliage combined for this magical moment from the Joyce Kilmer Memorial National Forest. Joyce Kilmer was a poet and journalist who fought and perished in World War I. His poem, Trees, is featured on trailhead signage for a beautiful hiking trail in the forest. Trees I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree. A tree whose hungry mouth is prest Against the earths sweet flowing breast; A tree that looks